Finding Faces: 1981 'Cats test the limits

Mar. 20, 2013

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Newark High School junior standout Mike Giomi helped propel the Wildcats to the final four of the State Basketball Tournament, March 27, 1981. The team fell to Dayton Roth 83-81 in the school’s last state berth until 2008.

Were you there? Do you recognize any of these faces? Leave your comments below and help us piece together that heartbreaking day.

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Advocate photographers have come and gone over the years, and each has left his or her mark chronicling the lives of Licking County residents.

In the hustle and bustle of the news gathering process, photos sometimes become misplaced or tucked away in archives as photographers move onto the next lead. The photos eventually resurface, but their stories have long faded from memory.

We have scanned many of these prints and negatives, and will be publishing them here.

Is there a face you recognize, or an event you witnessed? Leave your comments and maybe you can help unlock these little mysteries.